“…Recent studies have shown interest in using cereal or pseudocereal grains as a prebiotic due to their carbohydrate and nutritional value (Blandino, Al-Aseeri, Pandiella, Cantero, & Webb, 2003;Charalampopoulos, Pandiella, & Webb, 2003;Espirito-Santo et al, 2014;Gokavi, Zhang, Huang, Zhao, & Guo, 2005;Helland, Wicklund, & Narvhus, 2004;Kabeir, Abd-Aziz, Muhammad, Shuhaimi, & Yazid, 2005;Lazaridou, Serafeimidou, Biliaderis, Moschakis, & Tzanetakis, 2014;Rosburg, Boylston, & White, 2010;Saman, Fuciños, Vázquez, & Pandiella, 2009). The literature shows fermented dairy or cereal-based products such as yogurts, porridges, and gruel, being produced and inoculated with various probiotics to be tested for treating specific diseases, aside from having general health benefits (Agil et al, 2013;Angelov, Gotcheva, Kuncheva, & Hristozova, 2006;Bianchi, Rossi, Gomes, & Sivieri, 2015;Casarotti, Carneiro, & Penna, 2014;Charalampopoulos et al, 2003;Coman et al, 2013;Espirito-Santo et al, 2014;Helland et al, 2004;Kabeir et al, 2005;Kedia, Vázquez, & Pandiella, 2008;Lazaridou et al, 2014;Luana et al, 2014;Rosburg et al, 2010;Saman et al, 2009;Singh, Kim, & Liu, 2012). These studies yielded mostly significant results for microbial growth but more research is needed to test other probiotic strains and alternate dairy products such as milk.…”